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Syrian security forces kill 2 while dispersing Alawite protests over mosque bombing: War monitor

Thousands of Syrian Alawites gathered in coastal and central parts of the country on Dec 28 to protest after Dec 26’s bombing at a mosque.

‘Shivering from cold and fear’: Winter rains batter displaced Gazans

Nighttime temperatures in Gaza have ranged between eight and 12 deg C in recent days in December.

Iraqis cover soil with clay to curb sandstorms

Bulldozers clear sand dunes and extract clay in the desert south of Samawah.

Israel seals off Palestinian village in West Bank after deadly attack

Residents during a military operation in the Palestinian village of Qabatiya, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Dec 27.

Yemen's Saudi-led coalition warns STC against moves in Hadramout

Members of the forces of Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, gather in a mountainous area where they are launching a military operation in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Explosion at Alawite mosque in Syria’s Homs kills eight

The interior of a damaged mosque after several people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority sect in Homs, Syria, on Dec 26.

Fuel shortage forces Gaza hospital to suspend most services

(FILES) Medics evacuate injured people and cancer patients from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2024, to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in a joint World Health Organisation and Palestinian Red Crescent initiative. More than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year and a half, the World Health Organization said on December 19, 2025. The WHO chief said on X that "1,092 patients have died while awaiting medical evacuation between July 2024 and November 28, 2025", warning that "this figure is likely underreported". (Photo by AFP)

Israel becomes first country to formally recognise Somaliland as independent state

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) after a trilateral meeting at the Citadel of David Hotel, in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025. ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS

Southern Yemeni separatists dismiss Saudi call to withdraw from eastern provinces

A drone view shows people attending a rally organised by Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), in Aden, Yemen December 21, 2025. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman

Palestinian kills 2 in stabbing and ramming, Israeli police say

Security forces inspect the scene where a vehicle was used to kill two people in northern Israel.

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